Like Father, Like Daughter () is a Singaporean Chinese drama which aired on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It premiered on 21 August 2007 and ended its run on 17 September 2007. The drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9 pm.

Cast

Joanne Peh as Dai Chunchun Zheng Geping as Jin Gang aka King Kong Kang Cheng Xi as Chris Li Kaizhe Vincent Ng as Ah Wei

Cast Role Michelle Chong Mei Qi (Maggie) Pan Lingling Babara Jin Yinji Guai Po Po (Deceased - Ep 19) Jacqueline Sue Ah Lian (Cecilia) Nelson Chia Akirah Nick Shen Coconut, Ah Gui Jimmy Nah Da Zhi Lao Cherrianne Young Dai Chunchun (Primary 5) Jillian Loe Yuting Babara's younger daughter Chua Cheng Pou 蔡清炮 Monkey

Plot Zhigang aka Jingang (Zheng Geping), a well-built but simple-minded father has an intelligent and vivacious daughter Chunchun. Unfortunately, Jingang who is always between jobs, does not know how to bring up or educate his rebellious daughter. In the end, Chunchun has to be transferred from school to school as a result of disciplinary problems. Nevertheless, Jingang still has high hopes that she will embark on a successful career, either as a doctor or lawyer.

Implicated by his cronies, Jingang is jailed. With her only family member behind bars, Chunchun (Cherryann) has to be put up for adoption against her wishes. She decides to run away and while wandering the streets, she is taken in by an eccentric rag & bone old woman. Despite her strange personality, the old lady (Jin Yinji) gets along very well with Chunchun. Before long, Chunchun has grown up. Although she is very pretty, she pays little attention to her appearance. In addition, as a result of her fiery temper, those who know her tend to give her a wide berth. Instead of fulfilling her father’s wish of becoming a doctor or lawyer, Chunchun (Joanne Peh) runs a string of successful small-time ‘heterodox’ businesses in Queenstown, ranging from paper and cardboard trade, scrap business, illegal food peddling to provision of lion dance performances during festive seasons.

As Chunchun is not interested in affairs of the heart, she keeps those suitors who want to woo her at arm’s length. It is not until she meets Li Kaize (Kang Cheng Xi), a very good-looking undergraduate, that she changes her mind. However, as Kaize is learned and comes from a wealthy background, Chunchun is acutely conscious of their disparity and does not harbour any romantic illusions about him. Kaize is initially quite put off by Chunchun’s boorish mannerism. However, after further interaction, he is attracted to her kind-heartedness and her lack of pretence.

After his release from jail, Jingang immediately looks for his daughter. As Chunchun does not want to disappoint her father who has pinned high hopes on her, she tries to keep her whereabouts a secret from him. Jingang is once again implicated by his cronies and with Chunchun’s help, he is finally able to leave the clutches of the underworld. Both father and daughter are finally reunited after 10 years. They set up a business together hand in hand.

Chunchun decides to work hard. Encouraged by Kaize, she enrols in English classes. Apart from her inferiority complex, there are also many girls vying for Kaize’s attention which discourages Chunchun from holding out any hope of a future with him. As such, she is caught by surprise when Kaize suddenly declares his love for her. Will they be able to overcome the disparity in their academic qualifications, social background and human intervention to come together?

Viewership WeekDateAverage Number of audience in 5 weekdays (Round off to nearest thousand)Week 121 August 2007 to 24 August 2007643, 000Week 227 August 2007 to 31 August 2007650, 000Week 33 September 2007 to 7 September 2007728, 000Week 410 September 2007 to 14 September 2007740, 000Week 517 September 2007786, 000

Accolades OrganisationYear Category Nominee ResultRefStar Awards 2007 Best Actor Zheng Ge Ping Best Actress Joanne Peh Best Supporting Actor Nick Shen Best Supporting Actress Jacqueline Sue 徐艳玲 Best Drama Serial

References

External links Theme song Official Website (English Edition) Official Website (Chinese Edition)